RECYCLED ANIMALS

Recycled animals

Valverde's lizard

Pingüino emperador.

Bees

Iberian Lynx

Starfish

Carpet lizard

Panda bear

Ladybird

Turtle

Seahorse

We create with recycled material animals that are endangered, vulnerable, protected or already in the process of recovery. Click on the magnifying glass for more information and to see more photos.

Teachers: Verónica Rodrigo and María José Martínez.

The children experimented in class with some recycled materials and made their own designs of animal species at home with these and other recycled materials of their choice. We have an exhibition at the entrance of the school, which you can see in the picture on the right. In class we are learning about these species and their importance to the Environment. Research source: Wikipedia.

Far from being extinct, they can even be pests. Click on the magnifying glass to discover curious facts about these species..

Other recycled animals.

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5th of Primary - May 2022 CEIP Juan XXIII Las Lumbreras, Monteagudo, Murcia.

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Cockroach

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Jellyfish

The common seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is one of the three species of seahorse found in Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.

They live close to the coasts. It is a non-migratory species found up to 60 m depth. It is usually found among seaweed. The males incubate the eggs, after the nuptial ceremony of intertwining the tails. This can be done with several females, with one male giving birth to up to 400 seahorses. It is a protected species, as it is collected to be sold as a curiosity, while its habitat is degraded by human action.

Fish

Hipocampus.

The panda, panda bear or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a species of mammal in the carnivore order. DNA studies place it among the members of the bear family (Ursidae), with the spectacled bear being its closest relative. Although it belongs to the carnivore order, the panda is a largely herbivorous animal, feeding almost exclusively on about 30 species of bamboo cane (99% of its diet consists of bamboo). It is also known to use insects and eggs as a source of protein. Its diet may also include rodents and baby musk deer. Low birth rate, high infant mortality and destruction of its natural environment place it under threat of extinction.

Mammal.

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

It is a species protected by regional, national and international legislation, one of the few echinoderms on the list of endangered animals.

It is a species of starfish from the eastern Atlantic (from mainland Portugal and the Azores to the Gulf of Guinea) and the Mediterranean Sea. It has a wide variation in colour (from red to orange) and may have brown spots. The central disc is small, covered by irregular plates, and the arms are thinner near the central disc. Each arm has lines of respiratory papillae. It can reach 40 cm in diameter.

Echinoderm

Ophidiaster ophidianus

The Olive Ridley turtle (Testudo graeca) is one of the eight species of turtle traditionally classified within the genus Testudo and is the species with the widest distribution of the genus and is present on three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia). Seventeen different subspecies are known. At present there are only 3 populations in our country, 2 in the south of the peninsula and 1 residual in Mallorca. It is listed in the Murcia Region Catalogue of Threatened Species as a vulnerable species.

Reptile

Testudo graeca

The Valverde's lizard (Algyroides marchi) is a species of scaly sauropsid of the family Lacertidae. Its habitat is found in the provinces of Albacete, Granada and Jaén. It occupies areas of relatively high altitude, in areas that are boxed in and preferably oriented to the north, with high rock cover (canchales) and available water, with temperature and humidity playing an important role as it is a species of rocky and shady areas. It is an endangered species.

Reptile

Algyroides marchi

The domestic honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a social insect that lives in swarms of queens, workers and drones; however, most bee species are solitary, i.e. they do not swarm. Bees are the most important pollinators of flowering plants or magnoliophytes. It is estimated that one third of human food is pollinated by insects, mainly bees, and bees are affected by agricultural pollution, especially the use of pesticides. It is an endangered species, with an estimated 30% annual decline in bee colonies.

Insect

Anthophila

The domestic honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a social insect that lives in swarms of queens, workers and drones; however, most bee species are solitary, i.e. they do not swarm. Bees are the most important pollinators of flowering plants or magnoliophytes. It is estimated that one third of human food is pollinated by insects, mainly bees, and bees are affected by agricultural pollution, especially the use of pesticides. It is an endangered species, with an estimated 30% annual decline in bee colonies.

Insect

Anthophila

The Carpet lizard (Iberolacerta cyreni) is a species of lizard of the family Lacertidae endemic to the Sistema Central, Spain. It is a species typically associated with high mountain crags. It is considered a threatened species due to the destruction of its high mountain habitat by the construction of ski slopes, excessive tourism (hiking and climbing) and reforestation.

Reptile

Iberolacerta cyreni

The Iberian lynx lives a solitary and nomadic life, and is very territorial, although it is more sociable when in heat. It is an agile hunter. It approaches its prey stealthily and jumps on it quickly.

The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is a species of carnivorous mammal of the Felidae family, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, internationally known for its recovery after being critically endangered at the beginning of the 21st century. From 94 that could be counted in 2002, it is estimated that in 2021 there are some 1111 specimens. The main threats to the species are human-induced mortality, mainly from being run over by motor vehicles, but also from direct poaching, the installation of traps and snares aimed at other species, illegal poisoning, etc.

Mamífero

Lynx pardinus

This species, endemic to Antarctica, is the largest and heaviest of all penguins. Male and female penguins are similar in plumage and size; they can exceed 120 cm in height and weigh between 20 and 45 kg. Their diet consists mainly of fish, but may also include crustaceans such as krill and cephalopods such as squid. While hunting, it can remain submerged for up to eighteen minutes, diving to a depth of more than five hundred metres.

Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say that if the current rate of global warming continues, emperor penguins will experience an 86% decline in numbers by 2100.

Ave

Aptenodytes forsteri

Far from being in danger of extinction, on the contrary, they are sometimes pests, but they also have their good side: they play a specific role in marine ecosystems. They keep the population of some varieties of fish in check by feeding on their fry and eggs. They also eat shrimp or squid. Without them, the seas would be a zooplankton soup, as they balance the amount of zooplankton.

Jellyfish (Medusozoa) are marine animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria (better known as coelenterates); they are pelagic, with a gelatinous body, shaped like a bell from which hangs a tubular manubrium, with the mouth at the lower end, sometimes prolonged by long tentacles loaded with stinging cells called cnidocytes. They appeared about 500 million years ago.

Celentéreo

Medusozoa

Blattodea (Blattodea, from Latin Blatta, "cockroach" and Greek eidés, "having the appearance of") includes the cockroaches, cutias and termites (Isoptera). It is an order of flat-bodied insects. More than 4500 species of cockroaches are known in about 500 genera.

They are usually brown, red or dark brown in colour and have a flattened body. Some species are brightly coloured. The pathological fear of cockroaches is called blatophobia, with the earliest blatodean-like fossils dating back 355-295 million years. Cockroaches are among the most resilient animals on the planet; some species are able to remain active for a month without food or are able to survive on limited resources, for example, by ingesting only seal glue. Some can live without air for 45 minutes or slow their heartbeat.

Insecto

Blattodea

Many species feed on aphids, thus contributing to the control of these pests, and are commonly found in orchards and gardens in summer. Unfortunately, a study in the United States and Canada found an initial decline of 14% between 1987 and 2006 and a current 30% decline, making it a vulnerable species. Three main causes are considered: - The massive use of insecticides and chemical products; - The alteration of habitats due to the agricultural sector and spaces in the city; - Climate change.

The coccinellids (Coccinellidae) are a family of beetle insects. Very often, they have colours like yellow, orange or red; usually with small black spots on their wings, legs, heads or antennas. However, it exists a great variety in these colour patterns.

Insecto

Coccinellidae